TITUS, Obadiah, a Representative from New York;
born in what is now Millbrook, Dutchess County, N.Y., January 20, 1789;
studied law;
was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in the town of Washington, Dutchess County;
served as captain of Infantry in the War of 1812;
elected county judge;
elected sheriff of Dutchess County in 1828;
elected as a Democrat to the Twenty-fifth Congress (March 4, 1837-March 3, 1839);
unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1838 to the Twenty-sixth Congress;
resumed the practice of law;
died in the town of Washington, Dutchess County, N.Y., September 2, 1854;
interment in Nine Partners (Friends) Burial Ground at Millbrook, N.Y.